Workforce Data
- More than 80 consulates and foreign trade offices are located in San Francisco.
- EU activity includes the arrival of trade and investment offices from Paris and London in 2006 and 2007, and strong interest from German and Scandinavian companies in the emerging clean technology field.
- 46% of the population is bilingual and the majority of area students are schooled in primary and secondary institutions at which no ethnic majority dominates.
- Renowned research centers and universities attract talent from around the world—a full 32% of graduate students at Stanford and 23% at UC Berkeley come from overseas.
- The Bay Area's superlative quality of life, cultural landscape and wealth of top-tier universities and graduate programs attract the highly educated and talented workers key to a world-class professional support industry. It offers two, top-ten rated graduate institutions: Stanford University (1st) and UC Berkeley's Haas (7th.) The Bay Area also hosts top-rated law program; among them are Stanford (2nd), Berkeley (6th) and Hastings (38th).
- Resident labor force: 412,500
- In-bound commuters: 600,000
- 57.8% of population is between 20-54 years of age
- The City boasts a workforce composed of 51% college graduates—most from local colleges USF and SF state.
Occupation Clusters Average Wage
Business and Financial Services: $77,834
Architectural and Engineering Services: $94,349
Computer and Mathematical Science Occupations: $95,597
Management Occupations: $108,701
Legal Occupations: $124,675
Healthcare Occupations: $81,349